Senior Guard Ralph Vesco swings in around the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers' defenses to fire the ball at the basket for the Tuscarawas Broncos as Forward Capt Dick Devney of the Ramblers comes in for a possible rebound. Senior Forward Larry Myers of the Broncos is in the background with Junior Guard Norm Recla of Dover St. Joseph tries to stop Vesco under the basket.
Senior Center Harry Thompson is a veteran cager for the Tuscarawas Broncos. Harry was a standout as a Sophomore for the Broncos and last year made the Coaches' All-League Team. This season he is one of the main cogs in the Tusky cage machine. Thompson is 6-1 and has been moved to the center position just recently.
DOVER - The Tuscarawas Broncos and Baltic Eagles came through 2nd-round games in the Eastern Sectioinal Class B Tournament at Memorial Hall last night to advance to Saturday nights' finals and a crack at the berth to the Eastern District jousts at Brilliant next week. The Broncos won easily over the Dover St. Joseph Ramblers 80-47, while the Eagles were forced to turn back a Killbuck Bucks' rally to come away with a 67-58 victory over the Holmes County Champions.
The Strasburg Tigers get back in action tonight as they tangle with the Millersburg Knights in the opener at 7:30, while the Dennison St. Mary Blue Waves roll back into the picture against the Dellroy Blue Jets. Head Coach Don Martin's Tiger quintet defeated the Knights 42-22 in the regular season after the Spartans attempted to stall away to an upset victory over the then undefeated Bengals. The Blue Jets met Head Coach Frank Razzano's Blue Waves last December and dropped a 57-48 verdict to St. Mary's at that time.
The Dover St. Joseph Ramblers (10-11) stayed with the classy Tuscarawas Broncos (4-0) (19-2) for most of the 1st quarter last night, but the County Tournament Champions rode away from a 9-9 deadlock and had an 18-9 lead as the 1st period came to a close. Senior guard Ralph Vesco, whose 21 points were high for the Broncos, began driving through the Rambler defenses in the 2nd frame and with some help from Junior forward Terry Deems, widened the gap even more as Tusky pulled far out in front 43-19 at intermission.
Head Coach Joe Drotovick's charges couldn't find the range on the basket with Junior guards, Norm Recla and Tom Wise, were the only 2 Ramblers to score in the 2nd quarter. The 2 guards connected for 19 points on 5 field goals, but could not pick up the lagging offense. St. Joseph's rallied briefly at the outset of the 3rd stanza, but Tuscarawas took over and raced further out in front to lead by 61-32 at the far turn.
Coach Drotovick began substituting freely in the final period as did Head Coach Chuck Lorenz and the respective club's Reserve Teams finished out the last 4 minutes of the contest. Center Andy Yosick and Devney, the 2 Seniors on the Ramblers' roster, were inserted into the lineup at the tail end of the game so that they could finish out in their last appearance on the hardwood under the Blue and Gold banner.
The action in the final canto was the slowest of the game with both teams getting 2 field goals. Tusky collected 15 points on free throw shots in the final period, while Dover St. Joseph added 11 in that department. Wise was high for the Ramblers with 17 points with Yosick getting 10. Harry Thompson had 14 for the Broncos with Deems adding 10 as all but 2 of the 12 Bronco Busters in action scored.
TUSCARAWAS BRONCOS - 80
Larry Myers F 3-2-8
Jerry Deems F 4-2-10
Dave Myers F 0-1-1
Don Decker F 0-0-0
Theo Riggle F 1-3-5
Harry Thompson C 6-2-14
Ed Hill C 0-0-0
Ben Roth C 0-3-3
Jerry Briggs G 0-3-3
Rich Davis G 2-5-9
Jim Henry G 3-0-6
Ralph Vesco G 6-9-21
DOVER ST. JOSEPH RAMBLERS - 47
Jim Martinelli F 0-1-1
Capt Dick Devney F 1-0-2
George Milylor F 0-0-0
George Zifer F 1-2-4
Bill Rieger F 0-0-0
Andy Yosick C 3-4-10
Joel Spiker C 0-5-5
Leonard Zuchagno G 0-0-0
John Pace G 0-0-0
Tom Beraducci G 0-0-0
Tom Wise G 8-1-17
Norm Recla G 3-2-8
Friday, March 5, 1954
Art Cicconetti, Sports Editor
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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